"As compared with biological research,
which exhausts or interprets the life-content of the phenomena, existential-analytical
research has a double advantage. Firstly, it does not have to deal with
so vague a 'concept' as that of life, but with the widely and completely
uncovered structure of existence as 'being-in-the-world' and 'beyond-the-world.'
Secondly, it can let existence actually speak up about itself -- let it
have its say. In other words, the phenomena to be interpreted are largely
language phenomena. We know that the content of existence can nowhere be
more clearly seen or more securely interpreted than through language; because
it is in language that our world-designs actually ensconce and articulate
themselves and where, therefore, they can be ascertained and communicated."-- Ludwig Binswanger